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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBest Rock/Metal guitar solo?
I'm going to say the solo in Iron Maiden's "Trooper," but Slayer and Living Color and KISS and Priest and Metallica and Megadeth and so many others rank.
But I'll stick with The Trooper for now.
Killer solo...
Archae
(46,359 posts)They were at their peak.
opiate69
(10,129 posts)Gotta go with Sabbath - "Turn up the Night" I think though..
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)X~Japan
Alice Nine
The Gazette
Miyavi
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Hide
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)he is freaking awesome.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)You can see Hide is crying
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)The bit by Miyavi is Incredible.
Thanks for posting.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Where are you?
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Okay, not electric guitar this time, but still classic.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Well, Technically it's 2 solos in one. From the Jason Becker/Marty Friendman album of the same name.
Can't get the link to post. Copy and paste it. It's worth it: ( Edit: fixed it )
EvilAL
(1,437 posts)I remember some of their stuff.. nuts...
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I loved Marty's solo work in Megadeth's "Rust in Peace", he really blew me away on that album for some reason.
Last time I heard Cacophony, it was on an LP. Thanks for the memory!!!!
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Cream - "Spoonful" ('Wheels of Fire' version)
The Who - "See Me, Feel Me" ('Isle of Wight' version - maybe not a solo technically, but some amazing guitar work)
Deep Purple - "Highway Star" and "Space Truckin'" from 'Made in Japan'
most anything from UFO's 'Strangers in the Night'
Judas Priest - "Victim of Changes" ('Unleashed in the East' version)
Iron Maiden - "Where Eagles Dare"
Slayer - "Angel of Death"
most of Megadeth's 'Rust in Peace' but especially "Hangar 18"
all of Morbid Angel's 'Altars of Madness' and Suffocation's 'Pierced From Within' (two of the best death metal albums ever)
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)or Maze of Torment. Or maybe Chapel of Ghouls.
Or actually you're right and it's the whole album.
Too bad they don't write shit like that any more. (their last album was pretty weak)
In the early 90's my wife went and stood in line with our baby daughter at a record store to get my copies of Altars... and Covenant autographed at an MA in-store appearance. lol, she said she felt a little out of place (She didn't go with me to shows back then) but the guys thought it was awesome of her to do that for me - standing in line for over an hour with all those metal-heads.. I thought so too.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)nt
Iggo
(47,579 posts)I would also direct you to both solos from Dogs by Pink Floyd.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)EvilAL
(1,437 posts)<iframe width="420" height="315" src="
" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>LOL I know it doesn't make sense, but I was pretending that was the slow version for people to learn...Did that for facebook a few months ago as part of my fake guitar tutorial series, too bad I got rid of most of the vids, they were pretty funny...
Throd
(7,208 posts)stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)at 2:30 Mr. Fripp runs his guitar through a little slap-back and proceeds to SLAP THE FUCK out of "guitar solos" for generations to come!
ps... you'll have to get past a "jazzy sax" solo... but worth it.
pps... without Fripp there would be no metal. so NYAH!!!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I love the "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" solo too, but couldn't find a decent vid.